Adios Oliver

The cash strapped Mets have released pitcher Oliver Perez. The fact that the Mets would rather eat the 12-million dollars owed to Perez than to have him pitch another season for them tells me what everyone else already knew a long time ago. Perez stinks. Plus, his attitude is horrible. He refused to go to the minor leagues last year to try to work through his problems. Just a bad teammate and a lousy pitcher although, at times, he had the Yankees number in interleague play.
The first time I saw Perez pitch was when he was with the Padres. It was at Coors Field in 2002 and he struck out 13 Rockies in 6 innings. I thought this skinny lefty was going to be great. I was wrong.
Just 29 and left-handed, I'm sure someone will pick him up. But if I were a general manager I wouldn't even think about it. Not for two seconds.